Upscale apartments in Sugarcreek Township proceed

A luxury apartment complex planned in south Dayton is now another step closer to reality.

“Rollandia Greene,” an apartment community on the current Rollandia Golf Center in Sugarcreek Township, received approval at the township zoning commissioner earlier this month.

Cincinnati-based Guttman Properties is developing the golf course into a mixed-use community, which includes a $60 million residential project.

The apartments will set on 23 of the nearly 50 acres on what is now the golf center at 4990 Wilmington Pike. The project now proceeds to the Sugarcreek Township Board of Trustees for approval at its November meeting.

The apartment complex is part of an overall apartment boom underway in the Dayton region. Following years of little new apartment construction, communities across the Dayton market have experienced a rise in similar high end multi-family projects, which appeal to the growing number of “renters by choice” who might have the money to own a home but are interested in the apartment lifestyle.

For example, a $30 million luxury apartment complex has begun construction near Cross Pointe Center in Centerville.

Groundbreaking for Rollandia Greene is expected in the second quarter of 2018, with an estimated completion date of the first group of buildings in spring or summer of 2019, said Ian Guttman, CEO of Guttman Properties.

Guttman Properties also has 42 acres under contract to build a senior community and twin single-family homes. The senior housing community makes up “The Grand of Sugarcreek,” which received township approval earlier this summer.

“Sugarcreek Township is ideally situated in the region for this luxury multi-family community in one of the best school districts in the Dayton area,” Guttman said.

The project sits down the road from Cornerstone of Centerville, the complex that includes Costco and Cabela’s.